Ontario · City in the Kitchener area
Cambridge by the numbers
Cambridge is a city of about 165,354 people in the Kitchener metro area, Ontario, the 36th largest municipality in Canada. It has grown +14.5% since 2021. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,918 a month.
People
Population of Cambridge
Cambridge had an estimated 165,354 residents on July 1, 2025. The 2021 Census counted 138,479, +6.6% more than in 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0155-01, Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0003-01
2021 Census
Who lives in Cambridge
Age
Median age is 39.2 (Kitchener metro: 38.0; Canada: 41.6).
Languages
At home, 84.5% speak mostly English, 0.3% mostly French and 11.5% mostly another language.
Immigration and education details are published for the whole metro area: see Kitchener.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0021-01, Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0225-01, Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0229-01
Housing
Housing and income in Cambridge
Average rent (October 2025)
Purpose-built rental apartments and townhouses. The Kitchener metro average for a two-bedroom is $1,816. Two-bedroom rents changed +5.4% from October 2024.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0060-01, Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0240-01, CMHC Rental Market Survey 2025, data tables
Commuting
Getting around Cambridge
Census day 2021 was during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Metro area
Jobs, prices, safety and climate around Cambridge
These numbers are published for the whole Kitchener metro area, which includes Cambridge.
Official city data
Cambridge open data & fun facts
Cambridge GeoHub · 58 datasets
- Road Closures Lines that represent traffic closures on City Owned Roads.
- Residential Parking Program Cambridge has three parking programs for residential streets: Lower Driveway Boulevard Parking (LDBP), permits residents to park vehicles on the paved or concrete portion of their driveway between the.
- Business Improvement Areas A Business Improvement Area, or B.I.A., is a simple idea: business people in a designated area uniting with the help of municipal government to organize, finance and carry out physical improvements, b.
- Sports Fields Locations of sports fields in the City.
Other cities in the Kitchener area
Among Canadian municipalities with 50,000+ people
How Cambridge ranks
FAQ
Cambridge questions, answered
What is the population of Cambridge?
Cambridge had an estimated 165,354 people on July 1, 2025 (Statistics Canada). The 2021 Census counted 138,479.
How much is rent in Cambridge?
In October 2025 the average rent in Cambridge was $1,697 for a one-bedroom and $1,918 for a two-bedroom (CMHC Rental Market Survey, purpose-built rentals).
What is the median household income in Cambridge?
The median household income in Cambridge was $93,000 before tax in 2020 (2021 Census).
Is Cambridge part of Kitchener?
Yes. Statistics Canada counts Cambridge as part of the Kitchener census metropolitan area, which had about 701,568 people in 2025.
Built October 30, 2026 from the latest published official data.